Telegram-herald., 1887-10-02
The AFTERNOON SERVICE.
Another Kloqasnt Discourse by Mrs. e
q. white.

I speak the matchless worth" and 81 love
10 tell the story" were the melodies that
sounded forth At the afternoon hour Of
service. Mrs f. q. White was the speaker
Of the hour. taking TOR her text Mark
34-53
lie who had such great love for man that
He left the courts of Heaven, laid aside his
robes Of royalty, clothed His divinity with
humanity, tells rs in the verses | b ave read
how We may De saved. Satan has been try
ing 20 destroy souls from the beginning
he began sy tempting man from the
standpoint OF appetite, and thi, is one
OF his chief temptations still. Satan still
presents attractions 70 lure men on, and
decslyes them 70 such al extent that they
are taken in the snare without knowing It.
We expect sometime 10 De converted and
htted for Heaven. This IS deception of
Satan that We can live careless, selfish lives
but that sometime before we die we will
become Dartakers Of salvation. Eve did
not realize the snare Satan had set for her;
neither 90 We realize that we are in his
tolls.
There Is but one royal road 10 Heaven-the
read Of obedience. Christ says Whose
ever will come after me. let him deny him
self" He IS not TO follow every desire and
notion OF his own. he Is TO obey God. He
also adds: And take up his cross and fol-
low me- Bot many shrink back. The
cross IS irksome. and obedience means to
lit the cross. What are we 10 obsy7 The
commandments OF God, ali OF them,
the fourth as well as the rest. We
are 10 iift the down troddsn sabbath Of God
from the dust. where il has been pressed
under foot for many generations. This is
one Of the crosses for Us TO lift. But Gods
blessing comes with the obedience. God
said that the Sabbath was TO De q sign be-
| tween him and HIS people. This is a APP
| plcable now as then; and If We viii re-
| cognizs this sign and honor it. God will re-
| cognize IS a. His people.
Many say. If every body kept the
Sabbath, would, too Will We thus Try 70
save our lives. to save ourselves rom
all shame and reproach here in this life by
| holding ourselves sloof from God . peculiar
/ people If so. we are selling our souls for a
mess OF pottsge and win lose them. God
would have us step out by faith on bis
premises. Can we not trust God enough
70 step out from the world? Viii not Gods
| sustain rs
Carist says. "Whst shall ID profit . man
il he shall gain the whole word aud lose
| bis own sou2" Some hesitate 10 obey Gods
commandments from mercenary reasons.
They prefer the treasures Of earth 10 the
treasures they might iay up ia Heaven.
But Christ asks. What shall il proft2''
They do not SEEM 70 think that these treas
ures are aeeting. The bank may break;
they may die, thousand things may hap
psB. still they persist in trampling on q
plain. Thus saith tia Lord = that they
may crafty themselves for a season.
We must belong 20 one Of two classes.
coWmandmsnt-k keepers or commsndment-
breakers. tor there are but the two. Then
when CarisS calls for his psopls 10 come ousl
from smonz them. De must mean % lezvsr
tie ranks st commaadmsnt-5 breakers. ShalI
ss hsed fsis cali Christ then asks. What
snail man give in exchange for bis so'll7n
What would yon ta<sl We can keep all
our sei6sancss Our consciousness. our
iicantiousness. AL our wicxednsss il We
want them. but We can not wax With them
ia tie narrow way. but there Is plenty of
Feem oHfside.
Some think If they accept the truth. God
saould % under everlasting obligation n
them for tais condensation Does a. who
becomes = Chistisn descend nay. he steps
up 20 a higher level He becomes caild
oi The king. TIE joiRt-heiF vita CnTist.
t. g not necessary IL denying Christ 70
deny him In w0rds. our Actions either deny
OF scc-pt BIN svsry DAY
He -no sins, trsnsgrssses the lsv. But
Chriss wss manifested % axe away our sins
The sins - evsry cus who bslisveth or
dgel eta il Christ. ~ 40 mao deCei -
You. - thst doekd righteousness q right
eous. s~-n AZ be !. righteous He that con-
mifteth sin = Of the Devil We can thus
tel vhon Ne are 0neving. When the soa
psssesA from death unto life. When they
FEEL thsi their sins ars foFzivsn then they
desire tbe sincere mix ~ The w0rd tasf
thev may grow thershv Then they desire
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